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The Top 5 Posts from the Greeks and the Romans in 2013
The top 5, in order: 1. Partying with the Greeks by Thomas Cahill (from Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter) I think any twenty-first century American could be forgiven for reading...
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The Christian Worldview Versus the Greek
“The worldview that underlay the New Testament was so different from that of the Greeks and the Romans as to be almost its opposite. It was a worldview that stressed not excellence of public...
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Meet Alexander the Great
“Most historians have had their own Alexander, and a view of him which is one-sided is bound to have missed the truth. There are features which cannot be disputed; the extraordinary toughness of a man...
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When the Wealthy Fought on the Frontlines
“Glaucus, you know how you and I Have the best of everything in Lycia — Seats, cuts of meat, full cups, everybody Looking at us as if we were gods? Not to mention our estates on the Xanthus, Fine...
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Alexander’s Horse
“There came a day when Philoneicus the Thessalian brought Philip (Alexander’s father) a horse named Bucephalus. The king and his friends went down to the plain to watch the horse’s trials, and came to...
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The Hero Sleeps
‘You’re a hard man, Odysseus, stronger Than other men, and you never wear out, A real-iron man.’ […] Then Odysseus Stood up and placed a two-handled cup In Arete’s hands, and his words rose on wings:...
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How the Greeks Grieved
Menelaus, the head of the table, overheard And, speaking to both of them, had this to say… “I would gladly live with a third of my wealth To have those friends back who perished Far from the bluegrass...
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How the Greek Conception of Human Nature Can Shape Your Politics
“I don’t think I would think the way I do if I hadn’t had an affinity for the writings of the Greeks. I think the idea the Greeks had, the tragic view of the world — that there are limitations in the...
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Who Is the Happiest Man?
“Croesus, king of Lydia, asked him as follows: ‘Athenian guest, much report of thee has come to us, both in regard to thy wisdom and thy wanderings… a desire has come upon me to ask whether thou hast...
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